This hotel is older, dingier & darker than the photos imply. If you're going for new-nice, you can get more for less elsewhere. On the other hand, however, the room was as palatial as the photos imply. And the charm! Hot water but cold showers. They couldn't fix it, but who cares, you're in Thailand. I tried all week to cancel the room service (they don't have those hang tags), and every day they're back cleaning a different random thing, but never the greasy cupboards. Someone walked in on me at 8am one morning, not sure what that was about. Elevators mostly worked. And you can't do better for location! The street is pretty quiet but if in the dead middle of the night you want food or drink or thai massage, it's right around the block. It's also on a through street, which is rare - often a big time saver.
Overall: look, my mom wouldn't be caught dead here, but I thought it was more charming than a 1970s hotel on Fremont St in Vegas. Perfect mix of convenience and cultural spectacle.